Thursday, February 3, 2011

MUMBAI MY PLACE -CHAPTER 1

Well,there was no space in the train….it was fully packed with  humans n even I can see few goats also…….i struggled to find any sort of place there until a person  stands up n I jumped on the seat  like  a beggar  jumps for a coin.borevali has come n now the train’s population starts decreasing……n in one minute  there were only  5 peoples  left  in the coach.The next station was  Andheri,my destination…..Rishab a 20 years old guy..from  Ajmer  .I have come here to do a B com from st stephens clg,I cant even pronounced that in a smooth way.I  was expecting to get troubles in this city.At 6 I reached Andheri,now I have to search for a place to hangon for night with only 1000 rupees in my pocket….i just managed to get  the dirtiest room at 500.I stayed there for the night with lot of friends whispering in my ears  n some playing hide n seek with me.Rats were my greatest enemy from the childhood when I have seen one of them eating my favrte  “GULABJAMUN”.My eyes were paining,I cant even speak properly,my whole body parts were screaming that they want one more holiday today n will not work today….then  I heard  person knocking my door and shouting-leave the hotel,ur time is over.How can he say this graveyard as a hotel.I left that so called hotel  n  realy want a cup of tea to be able to get some sort of energy.I  found a place at which u can get a tea for 20 rupees.I  walked to that stall n enjoyed the tea  .then I  put a finger on my pocket then second then third,fourth n finally a full hand….n what could be the worst in this situation could happen to me to me as  my purse was not in my pocket.I was shocked.the tea which i was drinking  with a great pleasure  now felt like a   cobra's venom.Only one question was striking in my mind how to  escape from this situation,i looked at the type of biscuits available in the stall ,then  i thought for some time n asked-"give me hide n seek".That biscuit was not available in the stall so he said me to buy biscuit from nearby shop n i got my chance to escape n in a minute i was myself playing hide n seek with the staller n finally managed to pass through the situation.I have come with 2000 cash n 5000 in my atm.my cash balance was now zero n my atm was in my vallet n my vallet was in probably in the hands of a famous street thifer.My mind was not responding,my body parts already  notified me to not  work today as they want rest.Sooner or later when u will have no money ,nothing in ur hand,ur new in a city n u have to earn something,the thing comes in ur mind is of WAITER n  ten steps away imperial hotel was calling  me with  hands spread up like a mother takes her newly born child into her hands.B.COM THEN A JOB,THEN A GIRL,THEN MARRIAGE,THEN A HAPPY FAMILY,THAT Was what i thought  on coming to mumbai n now what sequence is going in my mind  today was  of  waiter,waiter,waiter n waiter.